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Rare charge part of prosecution of two Kamloops men
Two men the Crown alleges ran a sophisticated cocaine ring in Kamloops are scheduled to go on trial in February, including on a charge they committed a crime on behalf of a criminal organization....
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Year in jail for man who barked — and bit
A Kamloops man who fought a sheriff, threatened to kill a Crown witness and bit a corrections officer in the forearm will spend the next 12 months behind bars. Matthew Hein pleaded guilty to three...
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Mother charged with murdering newborn returns to court Dec. 3
A judge has given a psychiatrist another month to finish a report on a Kamloops mother charged with murder in connection to the 2011 death of her newborn son. Courtney Fawn Saul did not appear in court...
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Gordon manslaughter trial: Jury out — here’s what we could not tell you until...
Cheryl William died in an April 25, 2013, house fire at a home on St. Paul Street in downtown Kamloops. Now that jurors have begun their deliberations in the manslaughter trial of a Kamloops man...
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Gordon manslaughter trial: Jury delivers guilty verdict
Fire victim Cheryl William. Relatives of a Kamloops woman who died in a 2013 house fire wept openly on Tuesday morning as the foreman of a B.C. Supreme Court jury read a guilty verdict following...
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EXCLUSIVE: Guilty pleas entered in 2011 murder in downtown Kamloops schoolyard
Twenty-three-year-old Archie LePretre is tended to after being attacked on March 22, 2011, while playing basketball with his cousin in the playground at Stewart Wood elementary. LePretre died later in...
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Two more months in jail for rapes in early 1980s
A judge has ordered a man in his 40s to serve two months behind bars for a series of heinous rapes of pre-teen girls dating back to the early 1980s. The man was convicted following a trial earlier this...
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Jail time for man caught with drugs, fake gun
A 31-year-old man whose toy assault rifle stashed in a backpack caused Kamloops Mounties to treat it like the real thing has been given a 60-day sentence for drugs found by police. David Byford pleaded...
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‘He just stood up, dropped his pants and put his junk right in my face’
A judge has ordered a Kamloops resident to serve 140 days in jail after he dropped his pants in front of a neighbour. James Doll pleaded guilty to incident exposure and breach of probation. Crown...
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After sexual-touching accusations, Heffley Creek grandpa cannot contact...
A Kamloops-area grandfather accused of sexually touching two of his grandchildren more than five years ago has been ordered to have no contact with them for one year. The 61-year-old Heffley Creek man...
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Hearing date for admitted killer to be set next week
A date for a special hearing for Christopher Butler, accused of murdering his former girlfriend, is scheduled to be determined next week. Yesterday, a B.C. Supreme Court justice adjourned for one week...
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Former university director to be sentenced on child-porn plea
The former director of graduate studies at Thompson Rivers University will be sentenced in BC Provincial Court in Salmon Arm on Jan. 5. Andrew McKay is charged with one count of possessing child...
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Accused moose poachers were tracked from Nicola Valley to high-end home in...
Conservation officers tracking suspected poachers thought to be responsible for shooting and abandoning a moose in the Nicola Valley traced a pickup to the driveway of a home in Vancouver’s high-end...
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Decision to come in trial of accused moose poachers
A judge reserved his decision Thursday following the trial of two men on illegal hunting charges. Wei Li and Xin Xiao are charged with illegal hunting and possession of a moose, as well as failure to...
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Inmate: Gang forced me to smuggle drugs into Kamloops prison
A 38-year-old man said in court yesterday he was forced to smuggle drugs into Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre to pay for past debts. John Attrell, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug...
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Hearing date set for admitted Kamloops killer
Deanne Wheeler on her 18th birthday. She was 26 on Dec. 30, 2014, when she was slain by her former boyfriend, Christopher Butler. Three weeks have been set aside next July to determine whether a...
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Merritt man who bit girlfriend to be sentenced Dec. 10
A Merritt man who bit his girlfriend’s face after she tried to break up with him will have to wait to find out what his sentence will be. Ricky August was convicted of domestic assault following a...
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Samuel Alec, accused in triple-fatal crash in Pemberton, pleads guilty to...
A man accused of killing three people in a car crash near Pemberton in May pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an unrelated driving charge stemming from an incident in Kamloops. Samuel Alec appeared briefly...
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Crown seeks dangerous-offender designation for man convicted in arson death
The Crown is expected to take the first steps in B.C. Supreme Court on Jan. 7 as it seeks a dangerous-offender designation for a man convicted of manslaughter. David Gordon was found guilty earlier...
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No jail time for Salmon Arm seller of crystal meth
A 63-year-old man from Salmon Arm has escaped a prison sentence for trafficking crystal meth after a joint submission was accepted by a B.C. Supreme Court justice. David May pleaded guilty this week to...
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